Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
HERE AND THERE.


The trumpet is to take the place Of the
Greek cross as symbol on the uniform of
the Boston firemen
Several perfectly preserved Mexican num-
mics were recently brought to San Fran
cisco.
A novel and timely clock is incased in a
representation of a baseball covered with
white leather. The dial is in a cut section of
the ball.
A. p. Richter of Madison, Ca. is the pos
SCISSOR of rare and interesting relic of the
late war. 1t is a neatly finished iron cot, and
is the bed on which Gen. Albert Sidney John
ston breathed his last.
Newfoundland is usually thought of as a
barren, rocky island, with no other inhabi-
tants than few fishermen. There are more
than 100000 people on the island; they are
hardy and energetic
The toughest resident of Silver City, Ari.,
is little Indian boy who was captured dur
ing Geronimo's raid two years ago He is
only 4 years old, but he has already nearly
killed boy by cutting him with bowie
knife
Twenty years ago it cost SIG to send ten
words by wire from Portland Me-, to Port
land, Ore. One ''cart Wheel will now pay
for the Transmission of such a message be-
tween those points The country is getting
smaller every day.
In Servia, Bulgaria and Roumania boots
made of bullock's hide or leather, and which
are simply flat piece of leather drawn over
the foot all round and fastened by leather
thongs or birch bark crossed over the leg.
which is incased in either stockings or
piece of red cloth, are worn by the peas
antry.
The loss of life by earthquakes has been as
follows: O0,000 deaths in Japan, 1903; 100
600 in Sicily, 1893, and in Pekin, 1881: GO,OOO
in Cilcia, 1868; $4,000 in Schmaki, 1867; TO-
600 in Naples, 1926; $4,000 in Lisbon, 1855,
Out of fifty other recorded shakes, accom-
panied by loss of life, fifteen have destroyed
over 10000 lives each.
Bridal parties who visit Washington are
disappointed because they cannot ascend to
the top of the Washington monument Con-
gress made no appropriation for furnishing
steam power to run the elevator, and, unless
special measure is introduced at the next
session, the top of the shaft will be inacces-
sible during another fiscal year.
A Hartford man has invented an appa-
hands-minute, second and quarter second
is started by the official timer When the
winning horse touches the wire the clock is
stopped by electricity. At the same instant
the current opens a camera, which photo
graphs the horse and the clock face
One of the latest attempts to harness the
forces of nature for the service of man is the
adaptation of a windmill for the turning of a
RI IL Al.
stored in suitable batteries. and afterward
used in lighting beacons for the benefit of the
maritime interests. There is a station of this
kind near the mouth of the Seine, and consid-
cradle success has been obtained
There is an artesian we'll near Stockton
Cal, that discharges water from two differ
ent depths-that from the lower containing
infammabe gas. The first was sunken $40
feet, when water was reached: the owner
wished to go deeper, but feared to injure the
water already reached, so he sunk tube o.
smaller bore inside the first. The second
reached depth of go feet.
The first meerschaum pipe was carved in
the early part of the Thirty Years War, and
Wallenstein is said to have bought it, Tie
true clay is to be procured only at Eski-
Scher. in Asia Minor, where there are large
deposits, and whence it is sent direct to the
manufactures at Ruhla, of which there are
at present forty, employing almost the
whole population of the district
gentleman hunting for land in Dakota
came across a boarded-up claim shanty with
half dozen boards across the door, upon
which were the following touching inscrip-
tons: -Four miles from a nayber. Sixty
miles from a postofis Twenty-Five miles
from raleroad. a hundred and atety from
timber. Two hundred and fifty feet from
water. God bless our home. We have gone
east to spend the winter with my wife's
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